Sentence examples for authority or standing from inspiring English sources

"It's an insult for anybody of authority or standing to sign off on him with their approval and say, 'Oh, he's forgiven,'" Cumberbatch explained.

"There are people who have the authority or standing to address the situation in movie theaters.

The Supreme Court ruled that ProtectMarriage, the sponsors of Proposition 8, lacked legal authority or standing to appeal Walker's ruling blocking the ballot initiative.

By a 5-4 vothe the justices held in Hollingsworth v. Perry that the traditional marriage activists who put Proposition 8 on California ballots in 2008 did not have the constitutional authority, or standing, to defend the law in federal courts after the state refused to appeal its loss at trial.

By a 5-4 vothe the Supreme Court decided that traditional marriage activists who put the anti-gay marriage measure Proposition 8 on California ballots in 2008 did not have the constitutional authority, or standing, to defend the law in federal courts after the state refused to appeal its loss at trial.

By a 5-4 vothe the court held in Hollingsworth v. Perry that opponents of gay marriage behind California's 2008 Proposition 8 effort did not have the constitutional authority, or standing, to defend the law in federal courts after the state refused to appeal its loss at trial years earlier.

He has effortless authority in standing and delivering mime gestures.

On the contrary, they said, he had abused his authority and standing in order to carry out his crimes.

The Pope also arrives in the United States at a time of deep concern among church leaders about the damage to their authority and standing caused by growing disclosures of sexual molesting of young people by priests.

Authority and standing are still essential attributes, but they do not come from hard power as much as from soft-power skills, problem-solving, cooperative approaches and personal self-restraint.

And, as appellants concede, see Brief for United States 20-21, 25-28, an injury to official authority may support standing for a government itself or its duly authorized agents, see, e.g., Diamond v. Charles, 476 U.S. 54, 62, 106 S.Ct.